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Mass.Commuting, Michael Goodman, Dana Ansel, Robert A. Nakosteen, James Palma, John Gaviglio, Greg Leiserson, Rebecca Loveland, Rachel Deyette Werkema
Mass.Commuting, Michael Goodman, Dana Ansel, Robert A. Nakosteen, James Palma, John Gaviglio, Greg Leiserson, Rebecca Loveland, Rachel Deyette Werkema
Robert A Nakosteen
Massachusetts families have traffic on their minds. In the MassINC Quality of Life poll, respondents ranked the “roads and traffic situation” as the second highest policy issue in need of major of improvement.1 This new study reveals that they have good reason for concern. While commute times in Massachusetts were roughly in line with the national average two decades ago, they have since increased considerably and at a much faster pace than the nation as a whole. In fact, from 1980 to 2000, Massachusetts commute times increased at the sixth fastest rate in the nation. Massachusetts workers endure the ninth …
Lessons From The Citizens Bank/Umass Small Business Survey For New England, Michael Goodman, Robert A. Nakosteen
Lessons From The Citizens Bank/Umass Small Business Survey For New England, Michael Goodman, Robert A. Nakosteen
Robert A Nakosteen
A comprehensive survey of the New England small business community provides a detailed snapshot of its attitudes and beliefs regarding the prospects for their individual businesses and the regional economy. While the findings indicate significant optimism, they also highlight some major challenges facing the region’s small business community.
Migrants And The Massachusetts Economy: New Challenges And Questions, Robert A. Nakosteen, Michael Goodman, Dana Ansel
Migrants And The Massachusetts Economy: New Challenges And Questions, Robert A. Nakosteen, Michael Goodman, Dana Ansel
Robert A Nakosteen
This study shows the impacts domestic in- and out-migration have on the Massachusetts labor force, and raises questions regarding the reasons for out-migration from Massachusetts even when our economy is strong, and for the Commonwealth’s recent net losses in migration even with states that have traditionally provided it with net gains in migration.
Yours, Mine, And Ours: The Effect Of Ersatz Property Rights On Outcome Based Fairness And Reciprocity, Robert J. Oxoby, John M. Spraggon
Yours, Mine, And Ours: The Effect Of Ersatz Property Rights On Outcome Based Fairness And Reciprocity, Robert J. Oxoby, John M. Spraggon
John M. Spraggon
We report laboratory data on earned wealth effects in a series of anonymous dictator bargaining games. In addition to a standard (baseline) treatment in which the wealth to be bargained over was determined by the experimenter, we conduct treatments in which either the dictator or the receiver earned the wealth used in a subsequent bargaining phase. In our baseline treatment, we observe the standard result: on average, dictators offer receivers 20%. In treatments where the sender (i.e. dictator) earned wealth, we observe the theoretic prediction of zero offers to receivers. In treatments where the receiver earned wealth, we observe many …